West Africa Test

West Africa Test

6th - 8th Grade

10 Qs

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West Africa Test

West Africa Test

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Blake Gaskins

Used 4+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 2 pts

Match the following

the longest river in West Africa, and a kind of trading highway in early times

Niger

a series of actions that produce a certain result

artifact

a vegetation zone of tall grasses and scattered trees, with a long rainy season

process

an item left by an earlier culture

savanna

2.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 2 pts

Match the following

an ancient West African city built along the Niger River

Jenne-jeno

payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission

predict

a zone of semidesert, south of the Sahara, where short grasses, small bushes, and a few trees grow

tribute

to say what will happen in the future, based on experience or reason

Sahel

3.

MATCH QUESTION

2 mins • 2 pts

Match the following

the process of melting ore to produce iron or other metals from it

smelting

functioning in the best way, with very little or no waste

Nok

a large, hot desert in North Africa that covers about 3.5 million square miles

efficient

a people living in West Africa in the 500s B.C.E. who mastered ironworking

Sahara

4.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

By about ​ (a)   B.C.E., some people had settled to ​ (b)   south of the Sahara. An extended-family community might have had about 15 to 20 members.

Eventually, family-based communities​ (c)   to form ​ (d)   . Villages might contain one- to two-hundred people.

4000
farm
joined together
villages
2023
1500
fought
empires
kingdoms
died

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What did NOT make villages join up together?

Control rivers

Mine for gold and iron

Protect each other

Hunting lions

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

​ (a)   tools -> more ​ (b)  

more food -> bigger ​ (c)  

bigger villages -> ​ (d)  

new stuff -> more trade

more trade -> more ​ (e)  

iron
food
villages
new stuff
money
Mr. Gaskins
wars
horses
games

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

The ___________ trade connected West Africa from other regions, such as the present-day Middle East.

Trans-Saharan

Trans-Siberian

Trans-Atlantic

Trans-Formers

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